Analysis and Data

Coming Up:
First American Projects Housing Market Progress In 2025, Not Perfection

First American Deputy Chief Economist Odeta Kushi reveals five major predictions for the 2025 housing market

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Where Affordability And Buyers' Desires Meet

With sales slow, new reports gauge top markets for first time homebuyers and purchaser priorities

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Tours Are Up Early In 2025, But Home Sales Still Stall

Slow sales reflect stubbornly difficult market conditions, though offers remain competitive

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Ally Financial To Exit Origination Business

The company is focusing on its "highest-returning businesses" in addition to cutting jobs

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C-Suite Strategies
Real Estate Investor Optimism Plummets At Year End

Confidence drops amid rising costs, insurance challenges, and policy uncertainty

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Slowing Home Appreciation Raising Default Risk For Purchase Mortgages

Default risk on purchase loans match default risk on refinances for the first time since 2021, per new Milliman research

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Planned Community Home Sales Resilient In 2024

The general Houston area experienced a particularly large boost in year-over-year sales in MPCs

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Inventory Inches Closer To 2019 Levels: Realtor.com

Yet, for-sale listings are stagnating as active listings rose for 14th consecutive month in December

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Mortgage Applications Drop As Interest Rates Rise

The MBA's weekly survey slumps as rates hit highest levels since July

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One-Third Of Homeowners Claim They’ll Never Sell

Rising home prices and low mortgage rates contribute to historically low housing turnover across U.S.

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